Harry Gordon
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Tyler, the Creator’s foul onstage tirade
Plenty of us have been entranced, or morbidly fascinated, by Tyler the Creator’s clever, relentless rhyming and pure venom with which he performs. But his penchant for provocation has arguably crossed the line this week after he launched a personal onstage tirade aimed at Talitha Stone, a campaigner with the Australian group Collective Shout, which lobbies frequently against the spread of misogyny and has been calling for Tyler to be deported
Kourtney, Kim and Khloe Kardashian are excited about opening their new DASH store in Los Angeles
Kourtney, Kim and Khloe Kardashian are opening a new DASH store in Los Angeles. They are taking fans behind the scenes of the new location, for a first peek. Kourtney Blogged the following regarding the grand opening and new location: “This week I stopped by our brand new DASH LA store to check on the progress and show Ken […]
Larry Crowne: Tom Hanks’s Unemployment for Beginners
The harmless film Larry Crowne opens with the harmless Larry getting fired from his job at a Wal-Mart-like big-box store in the San Fernando Valley. Although the story quickly proceeds through familiar hallmarks of recent years — the fruitless job search, the necessary yard sales and looming foreclosure — this is not a recession story
In Texas, Seeking the Truth About an Executed Man
Claude “Butch” Jones would seem an unlikely client for the Innocence Project, a legal foundation that has freed 254 men and women through DNA evidence since 1992. Jones was not, in the broadest sense, an innocent man.
Why Japan’s Shift Away from Nuclear Is Good for Business
Seven/Eleven Japan, with over 13,200 stores nationwide, is among the many forward-looking companies helping set the pace for change within the nation’s energy policy. The convenience store chain plans to spend over $123 million to switch to energy efficient LED lighting at about 6000 outlets in Tokyo, and will install solar panels on roofs of 1,000 stores around the country over the next few months.
A Rock Star Changes His Stripes
Jack White works in an office. Until the White Stripes’ formal dissolution in February, White was the singer, guitarist and songwriter for one of the biggest rock bands in the world.
Ad Wars: Is High-Fructose Corn Syrup Really Good for You?
Shopping last week in her local New York City grocery store, Elise Mackin, 32, filled her cart with items she knows to be good for her family — whole grains, fruits and veggies — and shied away from products that contained less wholesome ingredients. “Trans fats are out,” she said, “and anything with high-fructose corn syrup.” The evils of trans fats are well known, but what’s wrong with high-fructose corn syrup?
The Battle Over Music Piracy
When Amazon.com announced its plan to open a digital music store to sell MP3s, you had to really work to get excited about it.
Boy saved from fire in dramatic rescue
A store owner in New York who is being hailed as a hero after rescuing a 4-year-old boy from a burning building said he plans to visit the child in the hospital Friday. Horia Cretan, who owns an electronics store in the Bronx structure where the fire broke out, also hopes to meet Christopher’s parents for the first time, he told CNN’s “American Morning.” The boy is expected to recover, Cretan said.